Swapped my bagged soil for homemade compost and won't go back

I spent like 60 bucks last spring on those big bags of garden soil from the hardware store. My tomatoes looked okay but nothing special. Then my buddy in Phoenix told me he just piles up his kitchen scraps and leaves in a corner of his yard and lets it rot for 6 months. I tried it with a cheap bin from Amazon and after about 4 months I had this dark crumbly stuff that smelled like earth. I put it around my peppers this year and they are twice as big as last season. The bagged stuff always had these weird chunks and felt dry fast. Homemade compost holds water way better and my plants look greener. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed a big difference in their veggie beds?

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samjohnson2d ago

60 bucks on bagged soil? That's insane, I would never spend that.

evaallen2d ago

Oh nah, you can definitely find good bagged soil for way less than that! Even the pricier organic stuff is usually like 30-40 bucks tops at the hardware store.